LCBO BBQ on June 22 Helps Send Kids with Cancer to Camp

If you work or live near the LCBO Head Office on Queens Quay, you may want to drop by for their annual barbeque on Friday, June 22, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The LCBO and its beverage suppliers will be holding their 21st annual Queens Quay barbeque in support of Camp Oochigeas, a camp for children with childhood cancer.

In addition to purchasing your lunch, you’ll also be able to participate in skill-testing questions and bid on items in a silent auction including vacation packages and electronics.

At 12:45 p.m., LCBO President and CEO Bob Peter will present a cheque for $175,217 to Camp Oochigeas, which is made up of donations from suppliers participating in LCBO in-store tastings, as well as the anticipated proceeds from the 2012 barbeque. In the last 21 years, the LCBO and its suppliers have raised more than $1.2 million in proceeds for Camp Oochigeas.

Camp Oochigeas, located on a private lake near Rosseau, Ontario, provides eight weeks of summer camp for children with cancer, as well as weekend camp during the fall and winter and year-round programming at The Hospital for Sick Children and Ooch Downtown, its camp facility in Toronto. Camp Oochigeas is the only Ontario residential camp that provides on-site chemotherapy and blood transfusions.